The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

by Suetonius

Overview

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by 2nd Century Roman historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus is the key primary source of biographical information for the first twelve rules of ancient Rome - emperors Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781365539893
Publisher:	Lulu.com
Publication date:	11/17/2016
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Suetonius (70-130) - Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus - was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.

John Carew Rolfe, Ph.D. (1859-1943) was an American classical scholar.

Table of Contents

	Illustrated Essays
	Nature and the Gods	56
	Towns	104
	Living and the Family	152
	Emperor and Empire	216
	Map
	Rome in the First Century A.D.	6
	Introduction	7
I	Julius Caesar, Afterwards Deified	11
II	Augustus, Afterwards Deified	47
III	Tiberius	101
IV	Gaius (Caligula)	135
V	Claudius, Afterwards Deified	161
VI	Nero	185
VII	Galba	211
VIII	Otho	225
IX	Vitellius	231
X	Vespasian, Afterwards Deified	241
XI	Titus, Afterwards Deified	253
XII	Domitian	261
	Genealogical Tables of the Julian and Flavian Houses	275
	Dates of the Twelve Caesars	277
	Key to Terms	279
	Some Books About Suetonius	283
	Index of Personal Names and Peoples	284
	Acknowledgements	288